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Medical Divination Text
Housing the medical interpretations of symptoms composed in Thai script, this folding book manuscript is protected by black covers with gold adhered to the surface. Accompanying these texts are eighteen illustrated openings decorated with large mascot figures (fols. 3-20). Each mascot is handsomely painted in a striking and dramatic dance posture. The last of the figures has been torn in half. The second portion of the manuscript is entirely text with no illustrations.
Provenance
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Martha and Earl Galleher, Baltimore, Maryland; given to Walters Art Museum, 1992.
Exhibitions
| 1995 | Unearthly Elegance: Buddhist Art from the Griswold Collection. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Measurements
Overall: 14 11/16 x 5 1/8 in. (37.3 x 13 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Martha and Earl P. Galleher in memory of her uncle, James H.W. Thompson
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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W.822